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LISTEN: Unions, Industry Groups Assemble to Fight Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal; Red Sea Film Festival and Saudi Arabia’s Changing Landscape
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Gene Maddaus discusses the opposition in the entertainment i...
Philo Drops Price of Core Streaming Plan to Just $25 for Holiday Viewing Season
Streaming service Philo is hoping to win over new customers this month with a new deal that knocks $8 off the regular...
Yungblud Took the Biggest Risk of His Career With ‘Idols’ — It Led Him All the Way to the Grammys
The 28-year-old is about to close a banner year that brought mainstream global success and three Grammy nominations: ...
‘Lupin’ Part 4 Gets Premiere Window At Netflix
Netflix has revealed that Lupin Part 4 will premiere in fall 2026. Omar Sy will reprise his role as the gentleman thi...
Here’s What the WBD Merger Means for Sundance
Yes, merger chaos will complicate this festival season. It also opens lanes for emerging buyers and creator-first str...
DIRECTV Sets New ‘Premium Channel Add-Ons’ to Help Viewers Personalize Their Content
While DIRECTV’s base streaming packages include more than 90+ channels, you can also add channels for movies, live sp...
Paramount Claims WBD Is Overvaluing CNN, TBS and Other TV Networks — Alleging That Means Netflix’s Deal Is Worse for Shareholders
A core argument of Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery is this: WBD’s cable networks...
NLRB Election Likely For D.C. Venue Production Workers As I.M.P. Won’t Engage With IATSE After Voluntarily Recognizing Hospitality Employees’ Union
EXCLUSIVE: Staffers at some of Washington, D.C.’s most iconic music venues are digging their heels in on their desire...
Is the Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal “Pro-Worker”? Lindsay Dougherty Wants to See the Data
The Teamsters entertainment leader also would like to see Warners CEO David Zaslav “leave our industry and never come...
Jason Bateman Says ‘I Read All Reviews’ and ‘Laughed My Ass Off’ When The New York Times Slammed ‘Ozark’ Acting as ‘So Boring to Watch’
Jason Bateman said in an interview with Esquire magazine that he reads all the reviews for his television shows and m...
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ To Premiere 6-Minute Extended Trailer At 70mm Imax Screenings
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is less than a year away from opening in theaters, and ahead of its release, Universa...
Music Industry Moves: Laura Segura Named Executive Director of She Is The Music
Laura Segura has been appointed executive director of She Is the Music, the nonprofit dedicated to gender equality an...
‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’ Documentarian on Brazil’s Surge of Christian Nationalism and Its Own January 6th
Petra Costa, an Oscar nominee for 2019's 'The Edge of Democracy,' discussed her film with The Hollywood Reporter at t...
Kathryn Newton “Literally Fell on the Floor” When Sarah Michelle Gellar Joined ‘Ready or Not 2’
The 'Lisa Frankenstein' lead also praised co-star Samara Weaving's flirting skills and thanked her for texting a pote...
After COVID Nearly Killed Him, ‘Pig Hill’ Director Kevin Lewis Is Finding New Life Through Gory Horror Movies: ‘I Just Want to Create’
Kevin Lewis first made a name for himself in the horror community by helming the 2021 film “Willy’s Wonderland,” in w...
Netflix Brazil Unveils More Details on Adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Pilgrimage,’ and a New Thriller from Raphael Montes, Brazil’s King of Crime
Vicente Amorim, director of “Senna,” is attached to direct “The Pilgrimage,” an adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s semi-aut...
S&P U.S. Media Lead On Battle For WBD – Deal Speed Is Key
“The biggest challenge to take away from past M&A in media is the environment moves really quickly, and so you want t...
‘Lupin’ Part 4 Sets Fall 2026 Release on Netflix
“Lupin,” Netflix’s French mystery thriller starring Omar Sy, will return with its fourth season in fall 2026. One of ...
Tom Felton Conjures Up Ticket Sales For ‘Harry Potter & The Cursed Child’; ‘Ragtime’ And ‘Chess’ Stay Strong Post-Turkey Day – Broadway Box Office
Broadway’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, revitalized by the recent casting of the film franchise’s Tom Felton as...
‘Pushing Daisies’ Season 3 In The Works, Says Creator Bryan Fuller
Ned, the pie-maker, could be getting ready to make more pies as Pushing Daisies creator, Bryan Fuller, says a third s...